His Dark Materials

‫I'll take you as far as the Broad, then ‫I've got to go and see my mum's lawyer.

‫I know, you already said.

‫Definitely not.

‫Yes!

‫- What do you think? ‫- No capes, Lyra.

‫- No capes. ‫- Well, what does he know?

‫Or hats.

‫The point is to blend in.

‫- Is this good enough for you, Pan? ‫- You can't put Pan in that.

‫Lyra, people are going to be looking ‫for me; bad people, the police.

‫You mustn't look different ‫or you'll draw attention to us.

‫They'll start asking questions, ‫they'll find this window and everything.

‫This is a good hiding place.

‫I'm safer here, ‫so let's keep it that way.

‫- Lyra? ‫- Sorry, Pan.

‫Unbelievable!

‫It stinks of old goat!

‫Are you sure you remember where this is?

‫This is the gate.

‫I can see it, Will.

‫Lyra, wait! Wait!

‫Are you ok?

‫Yeah. They don't have cars ‫that fast in my Oxford.

‫They don't have the word "wait" either?

‫Come on, get up.

‫This way.

‫I'm fine, thanks for asking.

‫Is this similar to your Oxford?

‫I guess.

‫Sort of.

‫You need to be careful. ‫Blend in.

‫Sorry!

‫- Come on! ‫- Mind out!

‫Lyra.

‫Wait! That building is close ‫to Jordan in my world!

‫Lyra! Slow down!

‫I've never heard of Jordon College!

‫The Tower's right there! ‫It's right next to it!

‫Oh! So sorry, so sorry, so sorry!

‫What's the matter?

‫You were right; Jordon College ‫doesn't exist in your world.

‫This isn't like our Oxford at all.

‫Come on.

‫Your eminences, Venerable brothers,

‫I will not use this solemn ‫day to tell of the wildness

‫of the witch whom I saw ‫strike our brother Sturrock down.

‫But have no fear:

‫she and her kind ‫will be brought to account.

‫As acting Cardinal of this Magisterium,

‫I have a duty to tell you ‫that these troubled times

‫call for strong, decisive leadership.

‫The Authority has blessed me ‫with a clarity of purpose

‫which cuts through my grief ‫like a knife!

‫In deepest respect, I dedicate myself

‫to this great task.

‫That's nothing. ‫One time, I fell off a tree

‫and the Librarian thought ‫I'd broken my leg

‫so he carried me all the way from the ‫Botanic Gardens back to Jordan!

‫We have the Botanic Gardens.

‫My mum used to take me.

‫Good as new.

‫What's that thing anyway? ‫Why d'you keep looking at it?

‫I just need to do something.

‫What's it do?

‫You phone people on it.

‫And it tells you stuff.

‫Like the news.

‫I have something a bit like that. ‫But better.

‫I asked it about you, Will.

‫- It told me you're a murderer. ‫- What?

‫I needed to know about you ‫so I asked it.

‫And it's fine, it's the good kind ‫of murderer, like Ior...

‫Stop saying that word!

‫You don't know ‫what you're talking about.

‫I had no choice.

‫What's it saying?

‫It's saying I need to see my mum.

‫I have to make sure she's alright. ‫Stay out of trouble, ok?

‫I'll meet you at the Botanic Gardens. ‫5 pm.

‫You shouldn't have called ‫him a murderer.

‫This looks more like our Oxford!

‫- I do not like this place. ‫- Get in.

‫Where do I find a scholar ‫to tell me about Dust?

‫Keys, which Saint held the keys?

‫Saint Peter, wasn't it?

‫So there must be ‫a Saint Peter's college?

‫It's telling me to look for the door ‫with the mountain on it.

‫It's saying:

‫not to lie to the Scholar.

‫How are going to manage that?

‫It's telling me to focus on the boy?

‫To help him find his father?

‫But I thought Will was ‫supposed to be helping us?

‫We don't have much time. ‫Let's find the Scholar first.

‫Okay.

‫Are you interested in skulls?

‫Did you know that people still do that?

‫Drill holes in their heads.

‫They must be lunatics.

‫There's a name for it. ‫I've forgotten what it's called.

‫Trepanning.

‫Are you a student in Oxford?

‫No. It says it there.

‫Well, I wish I knew so much at your age.

‫- Charles. ‫- Lizzie.

‫I'm a collector.

‫I've donated various items ‫to this place.

‫Listen, if you ever want to know any ‫more about these artefacts...

‫Thanks.

‫Nice to meet you, Lizzie.

‫You were right. ‫Will just texted me;

‫he'll be in touch soon.

‫The Head of the Magisterium, Ruta!

‫He was a bloated monster ‫who spread hate and fear and blindness.

‫I had to send Dr Lanselius ‫as a peace envoy to clean up this mess!

‫We can't get drawn ‫into this cycle of futile revenge.

‫We must focus ‫on The Girl and The Prophecy.

‫You speak as if you are above this.

‫And you act ‫as if you have no self-control!

‫I protected The Prophecy!

‫Thanks to me, our enemies ‫still don't know the child's name.

‫We need to unite the nine clans.

‫We've cut the head off the Magisterium, ‫so let's finish what they started.

‫The world's changing. ‫We've all sensed it.

‫The skies are darkening.

‫The light is dulled.

‫I'm trying to reach for the child ‫but she feels indistinct;

‫like she's behind a veil.

‫If we cannot reach her, ‫all will be lost.

‫This is it! ‫Saint Peter's College!

‫You mustn't go lying to the scholar. ‫Remember that.

‫Pan, I won't lie to him. ‫I can do that.

‫Hi, er, can you please ‫tell me where the physicist is?

‫Well what kind of physicist ‫are you after? Will I do?

‫You're a scholar?

‫Believe it or not, I am, yeah.

‫Well, what were you doing?

‫Oh, I'm watching a, there's a nest ‫of fledglings in the drain. Wrens.

‫They come back every year. ‫Sorry, you are?

‫Lyra Silvertongue.

‫Mary Malone. ‫You're not a student, are you?

‫- Can you please tell me about Dust? ‫- Dust?

‫What do you mean?

‫Well, we call it Dust in my world, ‫or we also call it Rusakov Particles.

‫- You ever heard of them? ‫- In your world;

‫- in your school you mean? ‫- No.

‫We're not allowed to study Dust ‫because the Magisterium think

‫it's original sin ‫and they take children to the North

‫and now there's an opening. ‫And my father is...

‫I'm saying it all wrong.

‫I didn't think it would ‫be this difficult.

‫I'm not sure I'm who you're looking for, ‫Lyra.

‫Yes. Yes, you are.

‫- I know you are. ‫- Is there someone I can call to help?

‫- Your parents, or... ‫- No.

‫This matters.

‫This matters so much.

‫You see my friend was killed...

‫because of Dust.

‫I've travelled so far, ‫I found myself here.

‫And Jordan's gone ‫and I don't know where to go.

‫I need to find out about Dust ‫because if I don't find out about Dust,

‫it will all be for nothing!

‫Roger's death will be for nothing...

‫I miss him so much.

‫I'm sorry about your friend.

‫I need you to tell me about ‫the particles you study...

‫please.

‫Okay.

‫Okay.

‫You missed the funeral.

‫You know, I'm not sure ‫you've shown Cardinal Sturrock

‫the respect he deserves.

‫Will you help MacPhail keep the top job?

‫They vote this evening. ‫But he has stiff competition.

‫Father Graves.

‫I think you'd make a better Cardinal ‫than either of them.

‫Graves is on quite the crusade.

‫He's arrested half the North ‫and the council seem rather pleased.

‫I saw they're holding that manservant ‫of Asriel's down in the basement.

‫Any sign of the man himself?

‫Not a trace.

‫Where have you been hiding?

‫Away .

‫on business.

‫And you? ‫How is that charming daughter of yours,

‫the escape artist?

‫They grow up so fast.

‫Has her daemon settled yet?

‫My daughter is none of your business.

‫You are Dr Martin Lanselius, ‫Consul to the Witches of the North,

‫and you claim to have been sent here ‫as a peace envoy, is that correct?

‫Appointed by Queen Serafina Pekkala

‫to re-affirm the mutual tolerance ‫between our cultures.

‫I was sorry to hear ‫of the Cardinal's death.

‫But that witch acted alone.

‫We have grounds to believe ‫you are here as a spy.

‫Do you deny that the witches have ‫been conspiring against the Magisterium

‫with the heretic Asriel

‫and you are here to gain intelligence.